Washing-machine.



S. EVENSON. WASHING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION IILBD OUT. 23, 1909.

Patented June 7, 1910.

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UNITED STATES T OFFICE.

- O SYVER EVENSON, 0F PELICA N RAPIDS. MINNESOTA. WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented June 7, 1910. Application filed 0ctober 23, 1909. Serial No. 524.257.

regularly"spaced apart transverse rubbing bars l1"preferably having their outer sur-- face rounded. Said. drum is inclosed by another drum composed of a fiat rinrlZ the inner surface of which is provided with regularly spaced a pa rt -t ransversely arra nged' rubbing bars 13 similar to the bars 11 of the first-mentioned drum. said bars 13 being covered by a strip of fabric 14 which extends over the edges ofriul 1 ably fastened to the periphery thereof.

As is shown in Fig. 2, the outer drum is suspended from the top of the inner drum so that there is considerable space between said drums at their bottom, which space obviously decreases as the tops' ofsaid drums are reached. And it will also be seen that the bars 11 and 13. of said drums interengage similar to teeth of gear wheels so that when said inner drum-is rotated by means of the shaf 4, rotary movement of the same will be. communicated to the outer'drum.

In operation the tank with water and the articles to be washed are placed between the fabric 14 and the outer drum. Power is imparted to the To all whom. ti may concern:

eit known that 1, Syria: EYENSON, a citizen of the United States. residing at Pelican Rapids. in the county of ()ttertail and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tashiug-hfachines, of which the. following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to washing machines, and the principal object thereof is to provide the same with novel means whereby the articles to be washed are held on a rotating drum and subzne'rged in the bottom of a tank and then-carried to the upper portion of the tank where the are subjected to a rubbing. and squeezing operation to clean the same and also force thev water therefrom, the operation of sulnnerging and rubbing and squeezing of the articles being continued by the rotation of said drum until they are thoroughly cleaned.

In 'carryingout. the objects of the invention generally stated above it will be underof course; that the essential features of the same are necessarily susceptible of changes in detailsand structural arrangements, one preferred and practical embodiment of which is shown in. the accompanyto rotate which carries the the two drums fabric 14 through the articles held by the 2 and is su it- 5 is partly filled shaft 4 bvmeans of the handle 12 causing 30- dr wing-s, wherein water in the tank thence to the upper part F igure'l is a perspective view' of the imof said drums where they are squeezed and proved washing machine, the cover thereof rubbed by the ii'lterengaged bars 11 and'l3, being shown open and one of the drums b'eafter which they are again submerged, and ing partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a central then rubbed and squeezed, this alternate 35 vertical sectional View, the cover being sulnuerging and rubbing and squeezing beclosed. inp, continued until the articles are th0r- Referring. to said drawings by numerals, oughly cleaned. l designates a supporting base'which carries As aforesaid, the tank'5 is loose on the a pair of spaced apart vertical standards 2 shaft- 4 so that it may be tilted to a position 'the upper ends of which are provided with the reverse of that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the free end of said lid or cover being adaptso that the Water therein may be drained out. Said reversing of the tank also permits access to he had to the spaced. apart portions of the two drums. V

lVhat I claim as my invention is 1. A Washing machine comprising a. base, standards carried thereby, a shaft journaled in the upper end 'of said standards, a tank loosely. mounted on said shaft, a drum fastened on said shaft within said tank, and a second drum surrounding and suspended by said first mentioned drutn.

'2. A- washin machine comprisin a drum 'rotatab e therein and a rubbing surface; and a second drum surrounding said drum and having its inner a. bearing slot 3 for the ends of the shaft 1 which project through the side of a trough shaped tank 5 which is loosely support-ed between said standards 2 by said shaft. Said tank has a lid or cover It hinged. thereto, ed toproject into said tank at the forward end thereof and is provided with a guard lip 7 for contact with the said end of the tank to limit the closing'movement of said lidor cover, as is shown in Fi The shaft 4 projectsthrough the tank 5 posed of a hub 8 from-which the spokes 9 radiate, said spokes supporting the flat rim 10, the periphery ofwhich provided with ioo . Q surface provided with an article holding covering, said drums bein arranged so that their upper portion will e in contact and their lower portion in spaced relation.

3. A washing machine comprising a tank, a rotatable. drum therein provided with an exterior rubbing surface, and a second drum surrounding the first mentioned drum and providedwvith an internal rubbing and arti-' cle holding surface, said drums being arf ranged within said tank so that. articles carried by the. surrounding drum will be squeezed between the same andthe rotatable} drum at the upper portion of the tank, and" separated irom the rotatable drum .at. the 15 lower portion of the tank.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

V SYVER EVENSON. \Vitnesses:

J. P. WALLACE, O. P. Serum. 

